Against the backdrop of the new era, facing the profound changes in the world’s unprecedented great transformation in a century, building China’s independent knowledge system has become an important task for the Chinese-style modernization in the field of philosophy and social sciences. Confucianism, as an ancient doctrine and ideological system, not only serves as the source and inexhaustible driving force for the construction of China’s independent knowledge system, but is also increasingly becoming the focus of exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations, providing wisdom and theoretical enlightenment for exploring solutions to the problems faced by contemporary mankind. Based on the current transfer of the world’s Confucianism research center to China and the background of the new era, this book, with Xi Jinping Thought on Culture as the core theoretical guidance, systematically sorts out and summarizes the overall situation of Confucianism development worldwide and the latest research results. It makes a detailed arrangement of social activities and cultural activities related to Confucianism and Confucian culture around the world, and looks forward to the future direction and development trend of international Confucianism, so as to present the new trends of global Confucianism development and the new atmosphere of Confucianism research. It is the latest achievement in the study of world Confucianism.

Wang Xuedian, the Editor-in-Chief, is a Standing Committee Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, a Research Fellow of the Shandong Research Institute of Culture and History, Executive Dean of the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies at Shandong University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy.

In the new era, Confucianism research shoulders the new cultural mission, continuously contributing to enhancing cultural confidence, prospering socialist advanced culture, building a culturally powerful country, developing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, stimulating the innovative and creative vitality of the whole nation, continuing the Chinese cultural context, and forging a strong sense of community among the Chinese nation. This book is an important achievement in the creative transformation and innovative development of Confucianism research in the new era, which is conducive to interpreting the Chinese path, explaining China’s practices, constructing Chinese theories, and building a system of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics.